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Jeff Sessions Testified Before the Senate Intelligence Committee

Sessions previously offered to resign because of tensions with Trump over his recusal decision.Sessions also refused to answer whether any Justice Department ...

Draw with Iraq complicates Japan's path to World Cup

But Mahdi Kamel equalized in the second half for Iraq , which has already been eliminated from qualifying. Japan remains in pole position to be the first o...

UK's May apologises to own MPs for election 'mess'

A government official said the talks were proceeding well and Foster tweeted that "we hope soon to be able to bring this work to a successful conclusion". Mic...

US student released by North Korea is in coma, family say

Foreign detainees in North Korea have previously recanted confessions, saying they were made under pressure. "He is on Medivac flight on his way home". The offi...

Myanmar adds ships, aircraft to search for missing plane

The Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft had left Myeik, also known as Mergui, heading for Yangon on a route that would have taken it over the Andaman Sea. A m...

Search for Australian man missing in PNG boat accident called off

It is understood four men were on a fishing trip when the boat capsized. Three men have gone missing off the coast of Port Moresby. "The MRCC (Maritime Resc...

Canadian retailer expresses "significant doubt" about its future

Since 2014, Sears Canada has reported recurring operating losses and negative cash flows and the trend continues in 2017. Sears Canada, known for its catalogu...

Despite disastrous election gamble, Brexit plan still on: Theresa May's spokesman

Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, who were the Prime Minister's joint chiefs of staff, resigned amid intense Tory criticism in the wake of the snap election that cos...

Otto Warmbier, Jailed American Student, Released by North Korea

Warmbier's release came as former US basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, returning to the increasingly isolated nuclear-armed count...

Liveblog: Jeff Sessions Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee

Democratic senators repeatedly criticized Sessions for dispatching Rosenstein to testify Tuesday in his place about the Justice Department's budget to an Approp...

North Korea releases United States citizen Otto Warmbier

He said upon his arrival this time that he was in the country as a private citizen, and "my objective is to actually see if I can keep bringing sports to North...

Top 8 lines from Jeff Sessions' hearing

The other issue on which Sessions was unconvincing and grew less convincing as the hearing went on was his refusal to answer questions about his own conversat...

Philippines appears to reverse position on military cooperation

Last week AFP Spokesman Restituto F. Padilla Jr. said the military asked its USA counterpart for noncombat assistance in its operations in the southern third ...

North Korea releases United States student, Tillerson says

His release coincided with the return of former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman, who is visiting North Korea this week on a trip the USA sa...

[OP-ED]: In his dealings with Trump, Comey was no hero

At a White House press conference with Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis, Mr Trump rejected Mr Comey's damning testimony at the Senate Intellige...

Attorney General Sessions Testifying in Russia Probe Hearing

Instead, Sessions repeatedly said he is "not able to comment" or "not able to discuss" certain topics, citing either Justice Department "longstanding policy",...

Sessions says he has 'confidence in' special counsel Robert Mueller

The U.S. attorney general requested to appear before that committee instead of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, which he was originally schedul...

Sessions, Wyden scrap over AG's 'problematic' role

Sessions is set to testify in an open session of the Senate intelligence committee starting at 2:30 p.m. ET. The U.S. announcement that came as former Nati...

Deputy AG Rosenstein says he's seen no good cause to fire Mueller

The establishment media's reaction left out any possibility that an argument exists for a legitimate recusal or claims that Mueller is unable to act impartially...

North Korea releases U.S. college student, Otto Warmbier

In case you were wondering, Warmbier's evacuation had nothing to do with former National Basketball Association player Dennis Rodman's latest visit to North Kor...

Attorney General Sessions Set to Testify in Russia Probe Hearing

He said he was avoiding saying anything in case the president might later choose to exercise his executive privilege to withhold certain evidence. Sessions wa...

North Korea releases jailed US university student

If this was a result of a special effort by the Trump administration, it deserves great credit. Warmbier , a University of Virginia student, had traveled t...

Jeff Sessions hearing on Russia, Comey

He vowed to defend his honor "against scurrilous and false allegations". Feinstein also asked if Rosenstein had an estimate for how long the investigation wil...

Qataris married to nationals of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE can stay

Pakistan has also said it will not take part in any military action against a Muslim country. Last Wednesday, Turkey's parliament promptly approved two de...

Comey's friend says he's turning over Comey's Trump memos to FBI

At a press conference on Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden with the visiting president of Romania, Mr Trump rejected Mr Comey's claims . Trump has cont...

North Korea releases US citizen Otto Warmbier: Tillerson

Warmbier's release was confirmed and announced by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , who as The New York Times detailed, said he's being transported f...

Parents of man released by N. Korea say he's in coma

In March 2016, Warmbier was sentenced to a 15-year prison term with hard labor for allegedly stealing a political propaganda poster on January 2, 2016, during a...

Gareth Southgate to give Tom Heaton, Jack Butland chance against France

England boss Gareth Southgate has confirmed Tom Heaton and Jack Butland will share goalkeeping duties against France on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Heaton wil...

Parents of man released from NK say he's in coma

Early in the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un, North Korea called on its people to rally behind him and protect him as "human shields". Such meetings are unusual bec...

England skipper Morgan says Pakistan have strong bowling lineup

England go into the semi-final as the favourites as they are the only unbeaten team in the tournament and have scored 300-plus totals five times in their last ...